Nessia bipes SMITH, 1935

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Two-legged Nessia
Synonym	Acontias (Evesia) smithi DERANIYAGALA 1934 Nessia bipes SMITH 1935: 359 (nom. nov.) Nessia bipes — TAYLOR 1950: 512 Nessia bipes — DAS 1996: 47 Nessia bipes — SOMAWEERA & SOMAWEERA 2009
Distribution	Sri Lanka Type locality: Gammaduva (or Gammadura), Central Province, Sri Lanka.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.2.80 (formerly 1933.11.22.4)
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References	Das, Indraneil & Abhijit Das 2017. A Naturalist’s Guide to the Reptiles of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd., Oxford, 176 pp. de Silva, Anslem, A. Bauer, C. C. Austin, S. Goonewardene, J. Drake, A. Balasubramaniam, C. Rajendran, V. Pathmadevan, M. Fernando and K. Sureskumar 2005. Notes on Nessia species inhabiting the Knuckles massif with special reference to Nessia bipes Smith, 1935 (Reptilia: Scincidae): the dominant snake skink. Lyriocephalus (Special Issue) 6(1-2):115-123 - get paper here Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1934. Some new fossorial skinks of Ceylon. Ceylon J. Sci. B, xviii: 231-233 Smith, M.A. 1935. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptiles and Amphibia, Vol. II. Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London, 440 pp. Somaweera, R. & Somaweera, N. 2009. Lizards of Sri Lanka: a colour guide with field keys. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 304 pp. Taylor, Edward H. 1950. Ceylones lizards of the family Scincidae. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 33 (2): 481-518 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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